Harris Legacy Foundation

The Beckerer Foundation Inc

Bridgeport, CT

The Beckerer Foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including schools and universities, religious groups, food assistance, health care, conservation, and community programs. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $5,000, with a median of $3,000, and mainly went to organizations in New Hampshire and Connecticut, with grants elsewhere; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Aetna Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

Aetna Foundation supported health and wellness, access to health care, and related community needs; its 2021 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1 million, with a median of $40,000, and went to organizations across multiple states, especially in D.C. and Connecticut. Its 2021 filing was marked final, so it appears to have ended or be winding down grantmaking; that filing said there were no restrictions on who could apply and pointed applicants to its website for application materials.

Alexander Family Foundation Inc

South Norwalk, CT

Kitchings Family Foundation

Orlando, FL

The Kitchings Family Foundation supports charitable organizations benefiting the public welfare, with grants going to a range of causes. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $184,000, with a median of $20,000, and went primarily to organizations in Connecticut, followed by Massachusetts and Florida. It awards grants by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

MRB Foundation Inc

Lake Geneva, WI

MRB Foundation Inc supports education, environmental conservation, humanitarian relief, and community programs, with grants to organizations across the U.S. and internationally. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $150,000, with a median of $6,750. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Ford Foundation

New York, NY

The Ford Foundation funds organizations, individuals, and ideas working to reduce inequality and advance social justice, including work in areas such as immigrant justice, criminal justice reform, gender equity, and arts and culture, through grants around the world. Its 2024 grants had a median of $100,000, with amounts ranging from $45 to $15 million; it does not accept unsolicited requests by mail, email, or phone.

Joseph R & Helen Shaker Family

Oak Park, IL

The Joseph R. & Helen Shaker Family Foundation supports medical research, child welfare, housing assistance, and other charitable work, with grants ranging from $50 to $236,321 and a median of $1,300 in 2025. It is based in Oak Park, Illinois, and recent giving has primarily supported organizations in Michigan and Illinois, with grants elsewhere. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Americares Foundation Inc

Stamford, CT

Americares funds health care organizations and programs focused on disaster preparedness and recovery, access to medicines and medical supplies, and community health services. In 2025, its grants ranged from $5,073 to $3.86 million, with a median of about $58,700; it works in the United States and internationally, reaching an average of 80 countries each year. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

American Savings Foundation Inc

New Britain, CT

American Savings Foundation supports education, human services, and arts and culture, especially programs serving children, youth, and families in Connecticut, with a focus on New Britain and Waterbury. Its 2024 grants ranged from $234 to $150,000, with a median of $1,750; Community Grants are capped at $5,000. It provides application forms for Program and Community Grants, but the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Hartford, CT

The Greater Hartford Gives Foundation funds nonprofits addressing community needs, with priorities including racial equity, economic and social mobility, wellbeing, neighborhoods, civic engagement, and arts and culture. Its 2024 itemized grants had a median of about $21,600, and it primarily serves 29 Greater Hartford towns. It accepts applications through specific requests for proposals and grant cycles; eligibility varies by opportunity.

Eversource Energy Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

The Eversource Energy Foundation funds U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits working on basic needs, education, environmental stewardship, community engagement, and economic or workforce development. It gives in Eversource’s service territory in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire; its 2024 median grant was $2,000, though awards ranged from $250 to $700,000.